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Ringo the Best Beatle

October 17, 2017

A scatter plot of the Beatles by talent and insufferability; Ringo only wins on a logarithmic scale.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-10-17-ringo-the-best-beatle/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

[Scatter plot: Talent (y) vs. Insufferability (x)] John, Paul (high talent, high insufferability); George (high, very high); Ringo (low talent, near-zero insufferability)

"There's a case for Ringo being the best Beatle, but you need a log-scale."

Topics
Statistics › Data DisplaysStatistics › Scatter PlotsFunctions › LogarithmsNumber & Arithmetic › Ratios & Proportions
Level
High SchoolAP Statistics
Themes
Pop CultureMusic
People
The Beatles